Category Archives: Betting

Gibraltar makes history with exclusive predictions market regulatory regime

Gibraltar will become first jurisdiction in the world to launch a regulatory regime solely covering the prediction markets sector. The British Overseas Territory has already licensed two prediction platforms, ADI Predictstreet and Wire Markets, the former under a betting intermediary licence while the latter has been ‘approved in principle’. These two companies will now be […]

Denmark signals tighter rules if operators expand sports streaming offers

We’ve gotten used to seeing European countries tightening gambling regulations over the last few years, with Denmark also joining the list. In a move to limit the population’s exposure to gambling advertisements, the country is pondering a package of reforms that would see relevant marketing during live sporting events be severely restricted by January 2027 […]

Inside 1xCare’s mission to change player protection discourse

1xCare chair Simon Westbury sits down with SBC News to set out the organisation’s modus operandi, analyse the state of play in responsible gambling and explain how industry collaboration and discourse can contribute to an environment more focused on player protection. Industry conferences are often an opportune moment for companies to unveil new product launches, […]

Sponsor Spotlight: The name of the game? Football!

Sports sponsorships in the global betting and gaming industry never sleep. This week alone has already produced some major deals, which will be seen by millions of sports fans around the world. This edition of Sponsor Spotlight is all about football (mostly), and will look at VERSUSbet helping one of the biggest European football grands […]

CMS Committee poses series of questions in letter to Gambling Commission over FRAs decision

The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee has written to the Gambling Commission regarding the latter’s decision to go ahead with Financial Risk Assessments (FRAs). It is the latest in a series of unwinding events which have followed the Commission’s FRA revelations on Tuesday morning. The Commission and Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) […]

Liverpool City Council puts weight behind calls to end gambling advertising

Liverpool City Council has joined the Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA), becoming the latest local authority to back calls for tighter restrictions on gambling advertising as part of its wider strategy to reduce gambling-related harm. The move follows the launch of the council’s Reducing Gambling Harms Action Plan earlier this year, which sets out […]

Surprise, surprise: the rest of the world are banking on England to lose to Norway

England might have defied the odds after going down to 10 at the Estadio Azteca in the early hours of Monday morning, but punters from outside of the UK are expecting their World Cup run to end at the quarter final stage. The Three Lions take on Norway on Saturday night at the much more […]

EGBA names and shames Lithuania fintech over black market deposits

The question of whether illegal gambling can be stopped has once again been raised, this time by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) following an investigation in Lithuania. The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has highlighted the significance of the payments industry to the illegal gambling markets following an investigation in Lithuania. A […]

Arrivederci for Polymarket once again as Italy places firm back on blocked list

Polymarket has once again found itself in the firing line of a European gambling regulator, with the predictions platform placed on a blacklist of blocked websites in Italy for the second time. As reported by local media Agipro, the New York-headquartered, cryptocurrency-based predictions market has been placed on the Customs and Monopolies Agency’s (ADM) list […]

AK Bets expands Cheltenham and Curragh presence via Pat O’Hare acquisition

AK Bets has tripled its presence across UK and Irish racetracks via the acquisition of betting pitches across the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and England. It marks another major step for AK Bets as it expands its presence across both Ireland and the UK, the firm having launched in the latter in March 2025 […]